How clever are you? Tough puzzle...

[Robb]

Poll question: How clever are you? Tough puzzle...

What's the next letter in this sequence?

M F G J H L J ______

[SoCalDem]

1. e-i-e-i-o

:)

[pagerbear]

2. With a quack-quack here

...and a quack-quack there....

[Richardo]

21. Welcome to DU, Justice Scalia!

:D

[kmla]

3. W. My reasoning?

M F. When sounded out "em" and "eff". Next two - G J "gee" and "jay".. Two letters that begin w/ vowels, followed by two with consonants.

The second set? H L - "ayche" and "ell". Two more vowels. Then J again. Of the selection set for the answer, "w" is the only one that starts with a consonant, to be paired w/ J (jay).

That's my answer, anyway.

And, yes, Robb is a dingbat. But I was only allowed one vote...

[trotsky]

4. That's some impressive reasoning.

And it doesn't matter what the "right" answer is, because this one is perfectly valid. Very cool.

I am stumped.

[Robb]

5. Excellent reasoning

Not the right reasoning, but pretty impressive nonetheless! :D

...It's gonna kill you when you figure it out. It did me.

[kmla]

6. It is too right!

In my universe, I am right! And if you say I'm not, I'll start ignoring you!

You sayin' something? I'm not listening! LA LA LA LA LA LA!!!!

So there.


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So, what is the answer?

[BOHICA06]

7. Got it .....

The second J can either throw you off or make the puzzle....

Thanks for the fun

[Robb]

10. Yay!!

Right on! :thumbsup:

[TXlib]

8. Next three letters in this sequence?

O T T F F S S ...

[Richardo]

12. E - N - T

:)

[BurtWorm]

9. Mary fad ga jittle hamb, little jamb

Wittle... right?

[mistertrickster]

11. The next letter should be "H" because it followed "J" last time.

n/t

[BOHICA06]

13. Won't tell you what the next two are ...

but the last four are .... W R J L

[BurtWorm]

14. Thanks for giving it away!

:eyes:

(Just kidding.)

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

15. I give up. I'm officially not clever now.

But I still have VOLUME, dammit!

(Can you PM the answer to me? Pretty please?)

[fob]

16. I have a few theories with different results but given the limited info

I will go with S. The answer is the series with which you type the characters on a keyboard. MFGJ are all pointer fingers(Rt hand/Left/Left/Rt), the next four HLJS are Pointer finger (H), Ring finger (L), Pointer finger (J) and from the choices only (S) ring finger completes the series. My only reticence is that while (S) is the ring finger, the "handing" pattern is odd, (R/R/R/L) so I feel this is probably NOT the answer. I haven't voted for my FINAL answer yet.

[alfredo]

17. Hmmm

13-6-7-10-8-13-10

- 5
+ 1
+ 3
- 2
+ 5
- 3

Let me think those over.


A

[GOPisEvil]

18. Splunge

:shrug:

[bif]

19. I give up!

So what's the answer?

[Gildor Inglorion]

20. It must be "W"

"My Father Gave Jim His Long Johns Wednesday"

[trotsky]

22. So, Robb, how long are you gonna leave us hanging?

n/t

[Robb]

23. THE SPOILER ANSWER HERE!

The correct answer is "W".

Why, you ask?

Here's a hint... the "G" in the sequence represents the name "Grant"....












Get it?

It's the surnames of folks pictured on U.S. currency, starting with William McKinley on the $500 bill, down through Jefferson on the $2 bill (that tricky second "J"). And on the $1 bill, Washington! :D

[Shrek]

24. Well, duh. Everyone knew that!

We were thrown off because you said the puzzle was "tough."

[trotsky]

25. Can I please vote "Robb is a dingbat" AGAIN?!?

lol, j/k